Department of Medicine
The Department of Medicine has come
a long way since its inception as an undifferentiated clinical
department in 1986, with its original seven full-time faculty members. Today, the department is the largest department in terms of number of faculty with 69 full time, 46 part-time, 3 visiting and 5 research faculty members.
The department has nine specialities in which faculty with diverse experience is serving the patients, educating students, tranining residents and conducting high quality research.
The Department of Medicine is recognised for
the scope and quality of the clinical services it provides, its research
activities and excellent scholarly productivity and by the size and
success of its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for teaching
and training medical students, residents and fellows.
The Department of
Medicine was the first clinical department at AKU to expand its
residency training programme to four years, as mandated by the College
of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan. 130 residents and approximately 300 medical students rotate through the Department annually.
It has following specialty
areas:
Cardiology
Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism
Gastroenterology
Dermatology
- Infectious Diseases
General Internal Medicine
Nephrology
Neurology
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
